What's the oldest coin you've found?

[scyther]

The oldest was and 1880 penny but I found it quite a few years ago in change at school from lunch. The most recent was a 1930s quarter and a few buffalo nickels. Also a Canadian 1928 nickel.

Nice! I think the oldest coin I've ever found in change is a 1953 wheat penny...

[alpacafarmer]

1869 ihc

[Dave]

I found a BU 1882 IH a couple of months ago. I still can't believe how nice it is.

[frugi]

(at fleamkt) on Sunday. A foreign lady paid with 2 rolls of pennies. Found a 1918 US cent. horrible condition.

[LongJohnCopper]

I recently found in a roll of nickels a worn, bronze-colored coin embossed, "VOC" and "1746". Aside from the fact that I thought these were being regulated out of existence by the EPA, I guess this was from the Dutch East Indies and really does date back to something close to 267 years ago.
Ironically, the most valuable coins I ever found were some of the newest - back in 1972, I was able to pluck a couple dozen double-dies from circulation once I figured out that I wasn't just seeing double.

[TXSTARFIRE]

Back in December of 2010 I think, I got a half dollar bag with a lot of silver in it. One of the silver halves was an 1892 or 1893 Columbian Exposition commemorative half dollar. At the time I had no idea what it was and had to look it up in my coin book. I could not believe that something like that would be in circulation.

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[HoardCopperByTheTon]

Best when going through rolls was an 1859 Indian from a CWR of pennies.

[Omega]

1928- merc
1920- cent

[Cytic]

1881 Indian Head in a box.

[coppernicus]

1864 IH penny